Jefferson County Clerk Bobbie Holsclaw listens as Larry Bisig tells reporters that her office has been 'a model of efficiency' and that the report from state Auditor Adam Edelen was 'mean-spirited.'

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Dan Klepal
| The Courier-Journal

A representative of Jefferson County Clerk Bobbie Holsclaw's office said Tuesday that a critical state audit was politically motivated and that an Oct. 31 letter from Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell absolves the clerk's office of any wrongdoing.

Holsclaw attended the news conference but did not speak until after it concluded, when she answered a few questions from reporters. Instead, Larry Bisig, who owns a local marketing firm, reviewed the audit's findings and acted as a spokesman for the clerk.

The letter from O'Connell, Bisig said, "determined no further action was ...